The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-03-18
OLIVE CULTURE.

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culture. Olives are now success
fully grown at Ocean Springs, am
trees have given fruit and at pres
ent in blossom. The Coast irOu
Florida 10 New Orleans will som
day he a large olive grove. 1t yo'
see fit TO copy this srticle in You
paper, do so. Yours,
BOOMER"
The article referred TO is an essa.
by Rev. G. i. Loop, of Pomona
1ublishpd in the Rur0l Californian
1t is too long to publish in full
The olive is distinguished for III
longevity, aud attains an enormous
size. The wood, Mt the Cape o
Good Hope, is called ''irOn wood,
and is used extensively in Europe
for cabinet work. AS to the home
of the olive, Mr.. Loop says:
"Beginnins with it's home in Asia
it exttn ds westward, including
parts of the northern coast OF
Africa, south Europe, IA part of the
coast of Australia and the southern
coast of California.
dts home is IA Semi-trOpical eli.
mate, and go where you will along
this belt you will fnd it within hail
ing distance OF the sea. From three
TO ten miles covering the foothills,
and sometimes along the Mediter-
ranean Sea it is planted near the
waters edge. There are no cxcep
tons TO the rule ; at Damascus it is
in a fouriShing condition fifty miles
from the sea. The extreme heat
OF the interior valleys is unfavOra
BILE, also a tropical climate with its
accompanying heat aud dampneSS.
1t is also quite as sensitive to cold.
1t will not bear well where severe
frOStS occur at ridwinter, as the
leaves and branches are killed when
the mercury reaches fourteen de-
grPes above zero.
"In southern Europe, where the
conditions are favorable, olive cul-
is a marked feature Of industry
among the dense population.
"In Italy, Spain and the southern
part of France eight million of
acres are devoted to this industry,
producing one hundred and sixty
million gallons Of oil, besides a
large amount of olives in barrels
for export. This business in south
ern France is considered very lucra-
The well TODD farmer makes
oil OF prepares the fruit for domes
tic or foreign MAJ ketS, while in
many pIrts of Spain and Italy the
poor are largely dependent npOn
their olive trees for their support.
When compelled 10 sell their home
whenever it is possible they
reserve their olive trees.
A part of this belt on the Medi-
between Genoa and
We can duplicate on this
coast from Point Conception TO San
Our sea breeze is much
stronger, carrying its vitalizing
power further inland, penetrating
he nearest valleys-aS at San Fer
IandO-and thus making the area
Of cultivation much more extensive.
We cannot of course, now, give a
lehnite estimate of the area OF this
lelt on the Pacific Coast, where
dive culture will give profitable
'eturnS, but we teel sure, Judging
rom the results of the work done
It Santa Barbara, San Diego, San
and from what We have
lone here and at other points, that
sc have here Il true olive belt, side
~ side with that devoted 10 the
orange, the raisin and the fig"
In speaking of the tests made in
california, lie says:
at has been demonstrated thar
he best kind of olive oil can be
Produced here, 5Tlng Il price in |
Iarket highly satisfactory to the
] UuuCCI anu hutu luC IhdtlldllohS
re large enough it can be made in
bundance to supply the demand
the markets OF Il whole cOulI-
""
The iruIt brings from 20 to 80
snts per gallon, according to this
ritter, who says that he gathered
,venty five gallons from two trees
eht years old.
If the olive will grow in Califor-
la it will grow here, without doubt,
nd very proftably. A man who
WINS lands and wants to live at
use aud without labor should try
,e Olive. Ii cost bat little to make
he experiment. Mr.. Loop closes
8 follows;
"OuT nurseI ymen are charging
rom % cents to 81 "A tree, accord
Ig to size, aye aud variety plant
ng thirty three feet apart, forty
rees to each acre would be reluir.
d." !
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